Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2019: where the rubber meets the road: the intersection of research, policy, and practice - part 1

Abstract

Introduction The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) evolved as a society following a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded conference grant (NIMH 1R13MH086159-01A1, PI Comtois) and has continued to develop as an international society [1]. At the 5th biennial conference held in in Seattle, WA, USA, on September 12–14, 2019, we announced that we had incorporated SIRC as an entity and obtained non-profit status with generous assistance from the Business Innovations Clinic at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, Bowen School of Law. The ignite plenary topics included implementing service cascade models with fidelity (presented by Alicia Bunger), a pragmatic method for costing implementation strategies (Zuleyha Cidav), communication between implementation researchers and social entrepreneurs (Cole Hooley), implementation efforts for system level change in child welfare (Melissa Bernstein), a tailored approach to implementing measurement-based care (Byron Powell), intervention mapping to adapt evidence-based interventions (Maria Fernández), co-creation of change in policy and practice (Gregory Aarons), and developing a strategic implementation research plan (Sara Landes). Each breakout session focused on different aspects of implementation science, including outer contexts, collaboration, leveraging collaborative care, mechanisms of implementation, leadership, role of intermediary organizations, behavioral economics and participatory design, the role of implementation science in achieving health equity, economic methods, adaptations, and measurement.